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Week 2 Hridaya Yoga!! Today is not only the equinox, the start of week 2 but also my first night in a new room. I managed to sleep very well and arose around 7am. The day was looking beautiful as meditation started at 9am. We learned some new techniques to start our session today which included really focusing on the pauses between our breaths to bring stillness in our mind. I struggled quiet a bit to ease my thoughts and when I did ease them I wasn't able to find the same joy I had found in previous days meditation. This eventually reminded me the impermanence of things and how we have to let go of things in our past both good and bad. The gong went and it was time for yoga - yoga warm-up today started with sun-salutations which have never been my favorite yoga routine but I tried to detach from that past belief and enjoy the movement for its naturalness and grace - this seemed to work and I was determined whilst completing the movements. We went through some other asanas and a couple of new ones which included a quiet difficult back pose called the camel. I had good energy during the yoga session and could feel certain chakras and energies racing through my body along with being able to detach from my mind made pain and discomfort. The lecture today was incredible talking about the 8 limbs of yoga and guidelines that our practice allows us to bring into our life's. These include externals like restraint,non-violence (to ourselfs and others), non stealing, attachment and internal like purity, contentment, fire and spiritual study. The thing I really like about this practice is that it is a whole way of living and every aspect of it is interrelated - and these relationships are so apparent they are impossible to deny. I left class feeling refreshed and excited for more study, more practice and balance in my life. It was very busy in the kitchen today so I held back and used the situation as a practice in patience along with non violence, non attachment and stillness. Unfortunately the rain has come early today and the temperature is very cold so a good opportunity to rug up and do some reading. Late in the afternoon I had this strange urge to check my email and when I did I was met with the most wonderful news that the committee at Hridaya Hatha School in Mazunte Mexico had met and decided to give me the scholarship to their 10 day silent retreat starting on October 17th. To be honest tears came to my eyes and I realized all paths were guiding me on my journey and I just had to have a little faith in these coincidences and let them show me the way. I wanted to tell everyone but had to make sure there was no ego involved so I waited and decided to share it first with Maree my old roommate who is not only also going to retreat but was first to put idea in my mind. In the evening Cameron and I went into town to get some vegetables and it started to rain heavy so we hid under a shelter where a little bit and his mother were. The little boy wanted to play and so I joined him jumping around in puddles, being silly and he even taught me some Spanish - I forgot how amazing kids are and after 30 minutes I didn't want to leave and had to stay. 10 minutes later I met another little local girl who wanted to chat with me and so I kindly obliged - all of a sudden like when I was younger kids are seeing my innocence and wanting to play with me again - kids really can see straight through us :)
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- Equinox
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